As many as 633 Florida scuba divers broke a record for the world's largest ocean cleanup event.
On June 15, 633 scuba-divers at Florida's Deerfield Beach participated in the world's largest ocean dive cleanup, according to a press release from Project AWARE, a nonprofit organization that supported the event. At the cleanup, 3200 lbs. of fishing gear was used, and divers removed more than 9,000 pieces of marine debris from the ocean.
Two New York City museums created the world's longest feather boa in honor of WorldPride.
In honor of Pride Month, on June 19, Ripley's Believe It Or Not! and Madame Tussauds Attractions teamed up to create " Boa Boulevard," a 1.2-mile feather boa that stretched between 7th and 8th Avenue on 42nd Street in New York City.
The multi-colored boa was announced the world's longest feather boa by Guinness World Records.
A 116-year-old woman, Kane Tanaka, became the world's oldest-living person.
Kane Tanaka of Japan was confirmed as the world's oldest living person in March when she was 116 years, 66 days old on March 9. She was born in 1903, the same year the Wright brothers successfully put an airplane into flight.
A display of 36,440 LEGO "Star Wars" minifigures broke a world record.
LEGO Group set a Guinness World Record on April 11 by creating the largest display of LEGO "Star Wars" minifigures. There were 36,440 Stormtrooper figurines in the final display, which took 12 people 38 hours to build, according ot the Guinness World Records website.
A Canadian artist created the world's largest supported sculpture made from drinking straws.
The stunning art installation in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, used 168,037 straws and was 10-feet tall. The art piece was created to raise awareness about the dangers of single-use plastics.
The creator, Canadian artist Von Wong, collected straws from Starbucks and cleanup groups around Vietnam. On January 22, the sculpture officially broke the Guinness World Record for the largest supported drinking straw sculpture.
This photo of an egg became the most-liked photo on Instagram, surpassing a previous record set by Kylie Jenner.
In January, a photo of an egg became the world's most-liked picture on Instagram with more than 30.5 million likes, surpassing Kylie Jenner's previous world-record photo of her daughter, Stormi, which had 18 million likes. The egg picture was posted on an Instagram account called @world_record_egg.
The fastest time to gain 1 million followers on Instagram was achieved by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Sussex Royal account.
The @SussexRoyal Instagram account — made by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex — reached 1 million followers within a record-breaking five hours and 45 minutes of its creation on April 2.
A UK woman set the world record for having the largest feet of any living female.
45-year-old Julie Felton of the UK set a world record for having the largest feet of any living female. Felton's shoe size is a US men's 15.5, or 49.5 in Europe, according to Guinness World Records. The record was confirmed in April.
A barista made 420 cappuccinos in one hour, or seven every minute.
Liza Thomas, a barista in Queensland, Australia, prepared 420 cappuccinos in one hour. Thomas followed Guinness World Records guidelines by using a coffee machine that was commercially available and that had a maximum of four espresso shots being prepared at one time. Thomas' world record was made public in April 2019.
An Australian man solved a Rubik's cube blindfolded in 16.22 seconds.
Jack Cai of Australia set a record for the fastest time to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded with a time of 16.22 seconds on April 6. Cai broke the old record by 0.33 seconds, according to Guinness World Records.
More than 4,500 women performed the world's largest traditional Konyak folk dance.
On April 5, 4,687 women from 130 villages in India joined hands and performed the world's largest simultaneous Konyak folk dance. The visually amazing, synchronized routine is documented in this YouTube video from Guinness World Records.
A competitive eater set a record for the fastest time to eat a burrito.
Competitive eater Leah Shutkever from Birmingham, UK, finished a burrito in 44.20 seconds in May. In her YouTube video, Shutkever documents her record-breaking burrito experience.
An Australian chef made a pizza with 154 types of cheese, snagging a world record for the pizza with the most varieties of cheese.
Johnny Di Francesco, a chef at 400 Gradi restaurant in Melbourne, Australia, crafted a pizza made with 154 types of cheeses.
"The cheeses included the likes of gorgonzola, pecorino, Taleggio, aged cheddar, gouda and of course, many more!" Di Francessco was quoted in the Guinness World Records official news release.
A corn maze company in Canada created the world's largest snow maze.
The 2,789.11-square-meter (or 30,021-square-foot) snow maze beat a 2015 record by more than 1,000 square meters, according to CBC.
A man removed 70 socks from other people's feet in one minute while blindfolded.
On January 29, David Rush, an American, broke a Guinness World Record for removing 70 socks in one minute. Rush documented the event in a YouTube video where he's shown pulling socks off the feet of rows of people at a convention in Athens, Greece.
Chefs in Italy baked the world's longest tiramisu, which was almost 900 feet long.
In March, a team of 30 pastry chefs and countless volunteers from the Galbani Santa Lucia cooking school in Milan, Italy, baked the world's longest tiramisu. The finished product was 897 feet and 3 inches (or 273.50 meters). After the attempt, the massive dessert was donated to a children's hospital, according to the Guinness World Records report.
A longhorn in Alabama broke two world records for its oversized horns.
A Texas longhorn from Alabama named Poncho Via has massive horns that span 10 feet, 7.4 inches (or 323.74 centimeters). That's more than twice the width of a concert grand piano, according to Guinness World Records. In May, Poncho Via the longhorn broke two records: the largest horn spread on a living steer, and the largest horn on a steer (living or alive).
Organizations in Mexico built the world's largest teddy bear, which weighed more than 8,000 pounds.
On April 28, the world's largest teddy bear was constructed by organizations in Xonacatlán, Mexico, in honor of the country's national day for children. The teddy bear is 63 feet, 8 inches long (19.41 meters) and weighs more than 4 tons, or 8,000 lbs.
The world's largest dim sum meal had 3,100 individual pieces of dim sum.
The world's largest dim sum meal was served in February 2019 in Sydney, Australia, when 764 people indulged in dim sum from the Sydney Lunar Festival in honor of the Year of the Pig. Chefs from a local food truck cooked 3,100 individual pieces of pork, chicken, and vegetable dim sum.
More than 2,000 people set a record by linking arms while giving a toast.
As many as 2,020 people linked arms while toasting in Haidong, Qinghai, China, on March 10. During the toast, the participants stood in the shape of a sunflower that symbolized their multicultural community.
Volunteers in India constructed the world's largest cupcake tower made out of 18,818 cupcakes.
In January, after 42 hours of non-stop baking and icing, a team in India set a Guinness World Record for constructing the tallest cupcake tower at 41 feet, 8 inches high. The tower had 18,818 cupcakes, and all the cake batter was mixed using eight mixers.
The world's largest alpaca parade had 1,048 alpacas.
In Juliaca, Puno, Peru, on June 14, 1,048 alpacas were grouped together for the world's largest alpaca parade. The parade was celebrating the 58th anniversary of an agricultural organization called Feria de Ganadería y Agricultura del Sur.
The most accurate value of pi was calculated on Pi Day in 2019.
Emma Haruka Iwao, who works as a developer for Google Cloud in Japan, calculated the most accurate value of pi: 31,415,926,535,897. Both Emma Haruka Iwao and Google LLC are credited with breaking this record, which was purposely attempted on Pi Day, or March 14.
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